The Holy Father received in audience:

- Liviu-Petru Zăpîrţan, ambassador of Romania, presenting his credential letters;

- Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta;

- His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, major archbishop of Kyiv-Halič, Ukraine;

- Bishop David Douglas Crosby of Hamilton, Canada, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, with Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint Jean-Longueuil, vice-president, and Msgr. Frank Leo, C.S.S., general secretary.